First launched in 2008, pleasant 2D hack-and-slash motion recreation Citadel Crashers was a spotlight of Microsoft’s first Xbox Summer season of Arcade. Its chaotic co-op fight made it a quick and agency favourite amongst buddy teams in all places, and that solely enhanced when it arrived on Steam in 2012. Now, 16 years after its authentic launch, Citadel Crashers is making a comeback on Steam – and you’ll bounce in for lower than two {dollars}.
On Friday June 28, developer The Behemoth determined to have fun the sport for the primary time shortly by streaming a dwell four-player session of the co-op recreation with long-time Citadel Crashers YouTuber ‘Reckerless.’ It appears to have led to gamers remembering simply how enjoyable it was, together with maybe some who missed it initially discovering it for the primary time, because the participant depend has exploded on Steam.
It most likely additionally helps {that a} huge Steam sale low cost means you’ll be able to at present seize it with 90% knocked off the record worth. Meaning you’ll pay $1.49 to get in on the motion, and at that worth, it needs to be straightforward to entice a number of associates to affix you as effectively. Citadel Crashers is certainly finest when skilled with different gamers, preventing side-by-side earlier than dealing with off towards your mates to win the love of the princess.
The mixture of things has definitely paid off. On Saturday June 29, Citadel Crashers reached a 24-hour peak participant depend of 10,467, the primary time it’s topped 10,000 lively gamers without delay since 2015 regardless of a number of free weekends within the interim, and never too far off its all-time report of 16,013 from June 2014.
Citadel Crashers is 90% off on Steam by Thursday July 11, which means you’ll pay simply $1.49 / £0.99 on your copy, down from its standard worth of $14.99 / £9.99. Should you’re keen to present it a go, head right here to get began.
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